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From: Thomas_Boerkel@amiga_inside2.schiele-ct.de (Thomas Boerkel)
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Subject: SUBMIT BlitzBlank 2.60
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TITLE
BlitzBlank
VERSION
2.60
AUTHOR
Thomas Boerkel
E-Mail: thomas@amiga_inside2.schiele-ct.de
DESCRIPTION
BlitzBlank is a modular screen blanker package with the
following features:
- stable
- fast
- low cpu-time usage by the blanker task
- comfortable
- highly configurable
- many interesting, fancy, nice modules
- compatible with most graphics cards
- build-in mouseblanker
- nice GUI
- ARexx interface
- joyport monitoring
- AmigaGuide docs with context-sensitive help
- Installer script for easy and automatic installing
- flexible random option
- no burn-in if the blanker halts (because another task needs
the CPU)
- no crash or hang, if a nasty program opens its window on the
blanker screen
- adjustable mouse sensitivity
- reblanking
- UnInstaller for riskless testing
- 39 modules:
AmigaSign, ASwarm, Butterfly, Clock, Crumble, Dissolve, Electric,
Execute, Fade, Flash, FlyingToaster, Fountain, Fractal, Goats,
Gravity, Guru, Life, Lines, Mandel, Maze, Melt, Mosaic, Noise,
PatternCycling, Plasma, Pyro, Radar, Skyline, Slideshow, Snow,
Splines, Spot, StarField, Text, TicTacToe, Tiles, Tunnel, Worms,
Worms2.
NEW FEATURES
- 10 new modules:
ASwarm, FlyingToaster, Fractal, Goats, Gravity, Maze, Plasma,
Skyline, StarField, TicTacToe
- reblanking
- BlitzBlank rewritten in C -> significantly shorter (39 KB -> 16 KB)
- many bugfixes and enhancements (see history in the guide)
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- AmigaOS 2.0 or better
- MUI 2.3
AVAILABILITY
FTP/Internet: AmiNet and mirrors
ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/blank/BlitzBlank260.lha
(656459 bytes)
PRICE
GIFT/CARD-ware (if the user WANTS to give something)
DISTRIBUTABILITY
Freely distributable.
Copyright 1993-1995 by Thomas Boerkel.
Copyright of some modules by their respective authors.